chicken coupe ideas? (sorry don't know where to post this)

farmerfischer

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Well the chickens are doin fine.cold don't seem to be bothering then .. Fucking asshole still comes out and does his rooster thing. Like at 2 a.m. 4a.m. 5a.m. 6a.m. all the time.. This rooster doesn't shut up ever
 

NaturalFarmer

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The other thing to think about in the winter time is boredom. Your birds will be horribly bored if they are snowed in for days and weeks. To get them moving around, I loop a string through the rafter and tie large 3" wood screw about a foot or two off the ground. I screw an apple or cabbage and let it swing. They literally will play tether-ball for an hour taking one peck everytime it swings their way.

Learned that one from a Maine chicken guys article.
FYI- They couldn't care less about this in the summer.
 

ROOSTERMAN

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The other thing to think about in the winter time is boredom. Your birds will be horribly bored if they are snowed in for days and weeks. To get them moving around, I loop a string through the rafter and tie large 3" wood screw about a foot or two off the ground. I screw an apple or cabbage and let it swing. They literally will play tether-ball for an hour taking one peck everytime it swings their way.

Learned that one from a Maine chicken guys article.
FYI- They couldn't care less about this in the summer.
I have a 'chicken swing' that they seem to love, when i put it up they play on it for days
 

farmerfischer

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Has anyone used these cheap incubators off of eBay.? I'm trying my luck at it again, tryed once with a homemade one but I couldn't maintain a stable temp.
Please Let me know if I'm wrong o an this.
Keep temps between 99°f or 37.2°c.and 101°f or 38.3°c for two week's keeping humidity around 50%to 60% then the third week increase humidity and lower temp some.. Does this sound about right?
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